National Republican., 1887-02-10
CURRENT COMMENT.
The scintillations which Brighten Our
Exchange List.

Exchange List.
Minneapolis Tribune The slowness of
the United States Postoflice Department In
certain directions Is something astounding.
II equals the decentralization Office" In one
Of Dickens's novels.
Boston Globe; "Ericsson's Destroyer is
conceded to be very powerful naval inven-
tion, but some one should patent process
for destroying the old fogy notions OF men
who think our "navy is good enough as 1t
is.u
Henry Ward Beecher has discovered the
secret OF happiness, which consists OF
looking away from our own troubles at
those Of our neighbors, and learning by
comparison how much we have TO be thank
ful for.
Pittsburg Press. Secretary Manning's
proposition to exclude all Canadian pro-
ducts, vessels, and vehicles from the United
States is also "retaliation," but retaliation
In trade and commerce is not necessarily
war. 1t is common sense.
San Francisco Post: Gen. Sheridan's plan
of defending our coasts by means Of sunken
forts and disappearing ordnance is In fair
wayto be executed. The ordnance has
been disappearing for some time, and the
forts will sink at the first shot.
New Orleans States; Mr.. Henry Waiter
son says, "Secretary Bayard lives In a
peach. blow vase thousand miles beyond
the moon." II is evident that Mr.. Waiter
son thinks Secretary Bayard shows bad
taste by living elsewhere than In Kentucky
with sour smash still in his back yard.
Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle: The south
needs cheap money. No farmer can pros
per who pays 10 and so per cent. for time
supplies for five or six months In the year.
This will bankrupt any business IN the
world. Our planters should learn to live
at home, and raise their own supplies OF
stock and cattle.
Hartford COWdnt: No doubt our Euro
pean brethren are feeling pretty nervou:
| as spring approaches, and small blame To
| them. But 1t is equally true that not q
| little Of the 'alarmn Of which we are hear
| ing by cable is manufactured to order fol
bourse and stock exchange consumption
That is fact to be kept in mind.
Philadelphia Press: Mr.. Joe Mackin now
languishes in states prison and will hardly
sit IN the next Democratic national con
vention, as he did In the last one, and helr
| nominate the man who now occupies the
white house as the fruit of murder aud rob
berry in the south and the work of such
creatures as Mackin In the north.
some OF the excel mt people now engaged
in trying to ascertain the real meaning o
some poetical statement, or the true in
wardness of men long since dead, to give Q
| little time to the hard prose OF the polr
| people in our midst? Sclfculture is a great
thing, but glowing thy neighbor as thyself'
| is greater.
San Francisco Chronicle: Is the Dem }.
| cratic party afraid that the country will moi
| support 1t in the expenditures which harbol
| defenses will necessitate? If that party Is
| capable Of learning anything it must know
| By this time that the whole country-north
south, east, and VESTS demanding such
an expenditure, aud that, too, at once aud
without delay.
Pittsburg Post It would not be a sur
| prise II the outcome of all the tariff and
| revenue reform talk would be the passage
| OF bill repeating the tobacco tax, and thu:
| cutting off about $4,000, 900. No tax
| could be repealed whose benefits would be
more universally and speedily felt among
| masculine humanity. Tobacco is one of the
luxuries that to many has become just a,
much q necessity as tea or coffee.
| San Francisco Examiner: Within few
days the name Of Californian of national
| reputation has been associated with tn,
| Democratic nomination for the presidency
| The name is that Of q man who has hereto
| fore declined every tender of nomination
for public office-the mayoralty, the gov
ernorship, and tho position of congressman
and senator, and it has even been said tina
William I. Coleman would decline tn
presidential nomination.
Louisville COWicr.Jom,tal, Stop tn
coinage OF gold 1t is evident that tn
people don't want it, and there is no sens
| I'm III n N In N fraa
the coinage. The gold movement In tn
last twelve months would justify the aboy
retort In the form Of the favorite clap tral
of anti.silver cranks. There is more coll
IN the treasury now by S23, ,000,00 than
year ago, and S32, 100000 more net gold
/. c., gold minus gold certificates. OF silve
there is S24 ,000,000 more gross, and S2l,
0C0,CO0 less net. So, according to the argu
ment, the latter is more popular. OF sill
yer certificates there has been an increase @
s20,CO0,000, and Of gold certificates a dt
crease OF SlO,C0O,OOO. Stop that gold coin
age
Chicago Ndcs The United States Senat
of the present day presents a strange az
pearance physically. Its members repr,
sent every type Of Americanism, aud not
few OF them are .of mighty queer font:
There is Turpie, who has gone in from IL
diana. He is typical Hoosier. When b
arises in his seat there will be no doubt a
to what state he Is from. To begin with h
is long and lank, with very large feet an
hands, and a slight stoop in his shoulders
His bones are large, those of his cheeks bt
ing especially prominent. His complexion
is sallow, and eyes sunken and lack cluster
His hair is thin and, straight as an Indiau'
He wears 1t long, which, with his stragglin
whiskers, gives him an unkempt appea
ance. lie seems to care little for his pc
sonal looks, and with his gangling NOV,
ments he will present an appearance d,
cidedly odd even In our Senate chambe
The newspaper pictures have ilattered hi
greatly.
Richmond Despatch: The NATIONAL RI
PUBLICAN, In an article upon the tobacc
tax, dwells particularly upon the injustic
the tax works to tobacco'growers. Aft
asking, "What have tobacco-growers dor
to be singled out from 5,000,000 farmers
the sole class subjected to these needle
and seIseless restrictions?" our Co
temporary says:
This peculiar aspect of the tobacco tax
enough to condemn II instanter, without refa
ence to sentimental considerations which ha'
no weight or bearing on the question. Let
bill in three lines, to remove this ridiculo
relic of war taxation, be introduced and pass
without amendment and without delay.
We commend these utterances to IL
Democrats in Congress not only becau
they are sound, but because the NATIoNA
REPUBLICAN, is the self.elected organ
the Republican party in Virginia.
efforts to make a record for the party c
the tobacco, tax question and take the VIII
out Of Democratic sails in Virginia an
other tobacco growing states should
brought to grief. This can only be dor
by the passage by the Democrats of ii
House of such bill as the REPUBLICAN, SUI
gcsts.
Richmond Wing: The Indignation is II
tense and widespread over Speaker Carlisle
arbitrary and Unprecedented action yeste
day In refusing TO recognize any member